Funicular goods railway - help!!
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Mrs Funicular said:
I am thrilled with the work that is being done.
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As Phil previously mentioned this isn't a vanity project, it will have a huge positive impact on living here.
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Phil and Mark. They have donated so much time, effort and expertise into this and as an ignorant bystander I am in awe of what has been achieved by them and my husband. I can't believe there are such nice people out there who will volunteer their help so readily.
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I figured I would let you know.
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As Phil previously mentioned this isn't a vanity project, it will have a huge positive impact on living here.
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Phil and Mark. They have donated so much time, effort and expertise into this and as an ignorant bystander I am in awe of what has been achieved by them and my husband. I can't believe there are such nice people out there who will volunteer their help so readily.
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I figured I would let you know.
I'm delighted for you both!
Bonefish Blues said:
We like the fact that you're proud that your husband and a couple of random blokes from the Internet are renovating a railway for you 
What more could any woman want?Especially as when other hubbies bring home two blokes they met on the internet,it usually is for something totally different
Mrs Funicular said:
I'm the lady of the house and whilst I have had very little to do with repairing the Funicular, save for supplying the occasional cup of tea, I am thrilled with the work that is being done. At the moment climbing the 88 steps to the house is a pain but perfectly manageable but that's when it is just me. If I get shopping I have to limit what I can buy based on what I can carry up the steps so we rely on internet deliveries for most things which isn't always convenient. We have a lot of work that we need to do to the garden but getting compost, cement, paving slabs and wood up to the house is so difficult we have mostly put it off. Every time my mother comes over with a a bag of things for my son she moans about how hard it is to carry it up to the house. As Phil previously mentioned this isn't a vanity project, it will have a huge positive impact on living here.
Fixing the Funicular has proved to be a huge undertaking, from clearing what was a completely overgrown slop where you could barely see the track, to replacing all the sleepers (I'm told they are quite heavy), stripping away all the component parts and then reassembling everything. I wasn't sure that we would ever get it working again but it now seems to be a question of when rather than if and frankly we would never have known where to start had it not been for Phil and Mark. They have donated so much time, effort and expertise into this and as an ignorant bystander I am in awe of what has been achieved by them and my husband. I can't believe there are such nice people out there who will volunteer their help so readily.
We will continue to upload updates, photos etc until it is up and running but as someone asked what the lady of the house thought, I figured I would let you know.
Mrs Funicular..........Fixing the Funicular has proved to be a huge undertaking, from clearing what was a completely overgrown slop where you could barely see the track, to replacing all the sleepers (I'm told they are quite heavy), stripping away all the component parts and then reassembling everything. I wasn't sure that we would ever get it working again but it now seems to be a question of when rather than if and frankly we would never have known where to start had it not been for Phil and Mark. They have donated so much time, effort and expertise into this and as an ignorant bystander I am in awe of what has been achieved by them and my husband. I can't believe there are such nice people out there who will volunteer their help so readily.
We will continue to upload updates, photos etc until it is up and running but as someone asked what the lady of the house thought, I figured I would let you know.
kowalski655 said:
Bonefish Blues said:
We like the fact that you're proud that your husband and a couple of random blokes from the Internet are renovating a railway for you
What more could any woman want?Especially as when other hubbies bring home two blokes they met on the internet,it usually is for something totally different
Yes - it is more or less working, just a couple of very minor teething troubles to sort which myself and PHer Mark will be attending to shortly. As you might imagine from my previous posts it is a deceptively large and complex piece of kit, which has not run for a long time, so some final fettling is inevitable really.
I will get some final pics the next time I am over there and a video too.
The whole thing has been a great success and is already transforming the lives of the owner from what I hear.
Proper update, pics, video and thread sign off coming soon!
PS - if anyone else wants one Mark and I are a dab hand at them now so we can easily give you a quote!
I will get some final pics the next time I am over there and a video too.
The whole thing has been a great success and is already transforming the lives of the owner from what I hear.
Proper update, pics, video and thread sign off coming soon!
PS - if anyone else wants one Mark and I are a dab hand at them now so we can easily give you a quote!
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